difficulty and survival mode bugged... any solutions?

[CyberWire]

my game just bugged out with my survival mode which is now permanently turned off and I cant turn it on and the difficulty is set to novice. ive read on a couple forum threads online that this issue occurred in the past. However the fixes listed dont seem to work, there are links to a Sky-UI difficulty persistence fix which did nothing. Im going to try setting the game difficulty up in the ini. file but whilst doing this I cant find the setting for survival mode.

[CyberWire]

update: some of my mods reset, and dont appear to be working either I donno wtf is going on, that persistance fix thing seems to have done some twisted ♥♥♥♥

[CyberWire]

...... bruh what is going on, plugins are just disabling at random now and I cant get them to showup on vortex plugin screen.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/106418 is this mode outdated or something? cause its making a dumpster fire of note

[CyberWire]

update: ive salvaged an earlier state of the game before that fix mod unfixed what I had but now I still cant seem to get survival mode working. Im just going to assume the difficult set to 5 in the ini. is actually working but theres no way to tell. but I am unsure as to what I need to look for in the ini to ensure survival mode is on

[Nachoso]

Originally posted by CyberWire:

update: ive salvaged an earlier state of the game before that fix mod unfixed what I had but now I still cant seem to get survival mode working. Im just going to assume the difficult set to 5 in the ini. is actually working but theres no way to tell. but I am unsure as to what I need to look for in the ini to ensure survival mode is on

How do you modify the difficult in the ini?

[CyberWire]

Originally posted by Nachosob:

Originally posted by CyberWire:

update: ive salvaged an earlier state of the game before that fix mod unfixed what I had but now I still cant seem to get survival mode working. Im just going to assume the difficult set to 5 in the ini. is actually working but theres no way to tell. but I am unsure as to what I need to look for in the ini to ensure survival mode is on

How do you modify the difficult in the ini?

I went into the skyrimprefs.ini and do ctrl+f and search difficulty and then change that number to 5

[Sairek Ceareste]

If you're on one of the more recent versions, and using SkyUI, then you need the "Difficulty Persistence Fix" mod.

Sky UI got bugged with the more recent updates due to Bethesda modifying the UI. That mod patches it so it works properly again.

[Nachoso]

Originally posted by CyberWire:

Originally posted by Nachosob:

How do you modify the difficult in the ini?

I went into the skyrimprefs.ini and do ctrl+f and search difficulty and then change that number to 5

Originally posted by CyberWire:

Originally posted by Nachosob:

How do you modify the difficult in the ini?

I went into the skyrimprefs.ini and do ctrl+f and search difficulty and then change that number to 5

It didn't work =(

[Nabinkemper]

I have a question: Is your game version 1.6.1170, or did you update and use a downgrade patcher? Using a downgrade patcher is not recommended as it can lead to similar issues as the one's you are experiencing.

Note: The INI setting related to game difficulty is the same as the setting in the game menu. If the INI is set to 5, the game menu should say 'Legendary.'

With the game difficulty persistence fix mod installed, you may try creating a new character and see if the difficulty remains set, as well as whether you can toggle survival mode. This way you know if it is a game issue or a save file issue.

If you are using the current game version, you can delete the INI files and use the Steam game launcher to rebuild them.

You may also try BethINI PIE to make several adjustments to the files.
https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/631

Also, with the current version of the game, you can try a file verification.
From the Steam library, right-click Skyrim SE > Properties > Installed Files > select 'Verify Integrity of Game Files.'

If none of the above works, you may need to perform a clean install using the following guide.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2743619856

[CyberWire]

Originally posted by Nachosob:

Originally posted by CyberWire:

I went into the skyrimprefs.ini and do ctrl+f and search difficulty and then change that number to 5

Originally posted by CyberWire:

I went into the skyrimprefs.ini and do ctrl+f and search difficulty and then change that number to 5

It didn't work =(

yea suspect its a visual bug but I did find a mod which I can increase damage taken and damage recieved to give the effect of legendary but just playing on novice. and I rolled back a save to a few days ago when I still had survival mode on so its a plaster fix I guess.